The Water Carriers

James Harvard Thomas

1895 · Graphite · Drawings and Prints

In 1889, the British sculptor Thomas moved to Naples to study bronze casting, then settled on Capri. He returned to London in 1906, became a lecturer at the Slade School of Art in 1911, and their first professor of sculpture in 1914. Made during an 1895 visit to Pompeii, this drawing demonstrates the artist's interest in local figures at work, and ability to capture weight and three-dimensionality. In 1909, London's Carfax Gallery, London mounted a solo exhibition of Thomas's work and the Museum acquired this drawing the following year.

Artist

James Harvard Thomas

Date

1895

Medium

Graphite

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1909